military forces intercepted and boarded the oil tanker Aquila II in the IndianOcean after pursuing it from the Caribbean Sea, marking the longest pursuit of a sanctioned vessel under President Trump’s Venezuela oil blockade.
WASHINGTON — US military forces boarded an oil tanker in the IndianOcean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said in a social media post on Monday.According to the Associated ...
Following the US raid to apprehend then-President Nicolás Maduro in early January, several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast, including Aquila II, the ship that was boarded in the IndianOcean in the early hours of Monday ... "It ran, and we followed." ... .
When INS Airavat reached Madagascar’s northern shores, it carried not only disaster relief stores but a message that India was prepared to act as a dependable first responder in the WesternIndianOcean... .
"Overnight, US military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II without incident," Hegseth wrote in a post on X/Twitter. "It ran, and we followed." ....